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| Giant Lego man appears on beach | Giant Lego man appears on beach |
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| Mystery surrounds the appearance of a giant Lego man on a beach in Brighton. | Mystery surrounds the appearance of a giant Lego man on a beach in Brighton. |
| The 6ft-tall (1.8m) red, green and yellow figure has the slogan "No Real Than You Are" painted on the front and some words written in Dutch. | The 6ft-tall (1.8m) red, green and yellow figure has the slogan "No Real Than You Are" painted on the front and some words written in Dutch. |
| Brighton resident Peter McNiven said he had spotted the figure in the water while walking to work this week. | Brighton resident Peter McNiven said he had spotted the figure in the water while walking to work this week. |
| It is not known if the figure washed ashore or was carried to the seafront. A Lego man with the same slogan appeared on a Dutch beach last year. | It is not known if the figure washed ashore or was carried to the seafront. A Lego man with the same slogan appeared on a Dutch beach last year. |
| Mr McNiven, 32, who works for a digital marketing company, said: "I just happened to stumble across him on Wednesday morning. | Mr McNiven, 32, who works for a digital marketing company, said: "I just happened to stumble across him on Wednesday morning. |
| "I took a couple of pictures because it's not something you see every day. | "I took a couple of pictures because it's not something you see every day. |
| "There's a lot of talk about him coming over from Holland to here, but there's no tide marks on him." | "There's a lot of talk about him coming over from Holland to here, but there's no tide marks on him." |
| A spokesman for Brighton and Hove City Council said it did not know how or why the Lego man had appeared on the beach. | A spokesman for Brighton and Hove City Council said it did not know how or why the Lego man had appeared on the beach. |
| The Dutch Lego man was pulled out of the sea last year | |
| He added the figure had now been taken away. | He added the figure had now been taken away. |
| In August 2007 a giant Lego toy, bearing a close resemblance to the Brighton figure, mysteriously appeared on Zandvoort beach in Holland. | In August 2007 a giant Lego toy, bearing a close resemblance to the Brighton figure, mysteriously appeared on Zandvoort beach in Holland. |
| And Like the Brighton Lego man, there was no official explanation about where the giant plastic toy had appeared from. | |
| The blue and yellow figure was pulled out of the sea and bore the same slogan "No Real Than You Are". |